Improvement in street-sprinklers



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@stent @Mira W ILLIAM O. l\IO OItl1lS,.OF` WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGN OR OF TWOTHIItDS'OF HIS. RIGHT TO GILBERT PULLEN, OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent N o, 110,775, dated January 3, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT'IN STREET-SPRINKLERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making .part of .the same.

To all whom it may concern l Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. Moonns, ofl

- Washington, in the county of Washington and Disthe water, and with mechanism for'dri'ving said head,

as hereinafter described.

. Figure 1 is a perspective view of my machine complete; y

`Figure 2, a longitudinal vertical section through the middle of the same; and

Figure 3, a rear end elevation of the machine.

-Inthe drawingv A represents the tank or body, mounted upon two wheels, B, and provided at one end with shafts "or thills (-l for attaching a horse.

.To the bottom of the tank, near the rear end, is attached a tube, a, which extends horizontally out behind the tank, as shown in tig. 2.

An opening is made in the top of the tank for the introduction of the water, and a valve, b, is arranged in the bottom over the mouth of tube a for the purpose of. regulating or shutting off the flow of -water through said-tube, an operating cord' or handle being, of course, extended from said valve up within reach of the driver.

On the extreme outer end of the tube a a circular head or scatterer, D, 'is mounted, so as to turn loosely thereon; and, to the rear side of .this head, loosely around the tube, a bevel-pinion, c, is secured, as shown inLfig. 2. v Transversely on the rear end 'of l'the machine is mounted a shaft, cl, having on its ,inner end a bevelwhecl, c, which gears into the pinion c of the head D, and on its outer end a grooved pulley, j, as shown in'gs. 2 -and 3.

On the inner side of one of the inainwheels B is secured a grooved wheel, g,.and 4around this wheel and fthe pulley f of shaft'd a band or chain, h, is passed, as shown n'gs. 2 and 3.

. As the machine is drawn forward the wheel y, turning with thc manwheel, will, through the belt h, op-

crate the pulleyf, and thereby the shaftfdand pinion e, andthe latter will turn ori-evolve thehead D with great rapidity.

Thel head D consists of a circular disk, t, having secured toits face a series of radial blades, j, each of 1 which extends from the periphery, of the disk into,y Y

near the center of the saine, close to the open end of tube a.

Against the outer edge of the blades, opposite the open end of tube b, is secured a small disk, k, against the front or inner face of l which the water issuing from 'tube b impinges.

The head D being set in motion, and the valve b opened, the water iows down through tube a, and,

striking against disk k, reacts, and is taken up by the blades y' and thrown outward in the form of fine,

spray. 'The .disk t may, if desired, be'made concave on its rear face, and the blades j may have any longitudinal curve found best.

On top, and lengthwise of the body, is mountedv two sliding rock-shafts, im, one on each side, each of which has a handleor arm, a, at the frontend.

To the rear end of each of these shafts is attached 'a curved metal plate or shield, G, as shown in gs. 1,

2, and 3.

By sliding the shafts m lengthwise, either or bothof the shields may be moved forward opposite the side of the head D, so as to shut -ofIr or intercept the shower of spray; or, by turning-the shafts by means of their' arms n, either or both 'ofthe-,shields may be turned up any desired distance, so as to limit the width of space sprinkled.

It will be seen that .by meaus'of these shields the -shower of water maybe limited or-shut off when passing neai` the footwalk or to carriages, or like places or things.

- A. driver-s seat may also be placed on the upper front end ofthe body, as shown. Instead of two, the.

machine, when of .a large size, may be provided with four wheels. Small machines may be constructed on my plan, and'providedwith a handle, so 'as vto be trundled by hand. Y l A machine of this construction will be found very useful for gardeners, florists, and farmers, for sprinkling beds, flowers, shrubbery, &c. v

` Having thus 'described my invention,

1. A street-sprinkler, consist-ing of the tank or b ody A and a distributing-wheel or head, D, connected thereto, and arranged to beoperated by the movement of the apparatus, substantially as described.y

2, vThe"disk c', provided with the radial blades j, constituting the head D, and the bevel-pinion c -mounted ou, the tube a, in combination with the 'shaft d having the bevel-pinion c and pulley j, arranged to be operated by the driving-wheel B, sub-v stantially as set forth.

' 3. In combination with the head or distributerD the shields G, constructed and arranged to operate substantially as herein described.

' WM. O. MOORES. Witnesses:

'Pnrn T. Denen', W. O; Denen. 

